Windows 2000 2 GB file limit

[Kenneth Brody]

Don Coleman wrote:
> 
> Kenneth Brody wrote:
[...]
> >Win9x systems (95, 98, and Me) have 2GB filesize limits.  NT-based systems
> >(NT, XP, 2000, and 2003) do not have these limits.
[...]
> 
> You are correct, W2K correctly display the file size while WIN98 does
> not.  However, fP5.0.13 can still not access this key even on W2K.
> Please confirm that this is a fP limitation and I am out of luckas Nancy
> has suggested.

This is a limitation of the standardized 32-bit file I/O currently used
by filePro (and most applications).  To break the 2GB limit with current
versions of filePro, you need to use one of the suggestions previously
offered on this list.  (For example, splitting between key and data,
and/or using extended segments.)

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